Alan MacLeod on the global influence of the U.S. agency that has been hit by a funding pause.
USAID’s Giant Network of ‘Independent’ Media
Tag: Myanmar
Global South Takes Israel to Court
The Ukraine War and Israel’s genocide in Palestine have both accelerated the decline in the authority of NATO countries, writes Vijay Prashad.
Record 110 Million People Forcibly Displaced
Countries in the Global South are taking disproportionate responsibility for resettling the record numbers of displaced people, finds the U.N. refugee agency’s annual report.
The Failure of Sanctions
Humberto Márquez says a visible demonstration of sanctions’ ineffectiveness are the imported products sold in hundreds of stores in Caracas and other cities and towns in Venezuela.
Britain Must Learn from Burma Bloodbath
Diplomats should think hard about why their policy of aiding and trading with the regime went so wrong, write Phil Miller and Matt Kennard.
Plight of the Rohingya: Ethnic Cleansing, Mass Rape and Monsoons on the Way
Dennis J. Bernstein spoke with filmmaker and human rights activist, Jeanne Hallacy, just back with horror stories from Myanmar and the massive Rohingya camps of over 700,000 in neighboring Bangladesh.